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Avon drops ‘protection’ from company name
Added: 1 Aug 2024
Name change to Avon Technologies to avoid confusion between wider group and business units

Bridgestone confirms job cuts, reduced production at Buenos Aires tire plant
Added: 31 Jul 2024
Tire maker says export level from Argentine factory “10% of what was planned”

Conti, Pyrum ink long-term rCB supply agreement
Added: 31 Jul 2024
Framework agreement covers purchase from at least two Pyrum waste tire pyrolysis plants

Goodyear adds more former Stellantis execs to management team
Added: 31 Jul 2024
Appointments will “allow us to leverage data and consumer insights to transform how we meet custome…

Shin-Etsu moves to increase earnings at silicone materials unit
Added: 31 Jul 2024
Reports first quarter earnings rise at ‘functional materials’ division despite lower sales
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Profile: Future potential of the Philippine rubber industry
Added: 31 Jul 2024
Supplied by organisers* of new conference & exhibition taking place 26-28 Sept in Davao City
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Buenos Aires deputies reject tire makers’ cutback measures
Added: 30 Jul 2024
Local union protests against lay-offs at Bridgestone, Fate plants junder financial 'crisis preventi…

Zeon raises financial outlook on stronger elastomer performance
Added: 30 Jul 2024
Segment earnings rose 53% year-on-year, due mainly to higher synthetic rubber volumes, sales
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ContiTech halves CO2 footprint with new air springs compound
Added: 30 Jul 2024
Replaces chloroprene rubber with mix of natural rubber and EPDM for commercial vehicle components..…

Nexen taps virtual reality, AI for tire design
Added: 30 Jul 2024
'High dynamic grade driving simulator' to help reduce cost, increase efficiency

International rubber conference set for The Philippines
Added: 30 Jul 2024
Event 26-28 Sept organised by Philippines Rubber Industry Association and Xida Communications

Rubber futures continue to decline amid slow demand
Added: 29 Jul 2024
“Market uncertainty has kept prices trading sideways within a narrow range,” according to JPX
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Ceat earnings grow despite ‘significant" rise in raw material costs
Added: 29 Jul 2024
Indian tire maker expects ‘momentum in volumes’ to continue in second quarter of its fiscal year
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Explosion at Arlanxeo synthetic rubber site in France
Added: 29 Jul 2024
Incident occured earlier this month at the La Wantzenau nitrile rubber production facility

Sumitomo Riko ‘mass-producing’ components for hydrogen-powered trucks
Added: 29 Jul 2024
Products include hydrogen tank mount, hose and gaskets for small fuel cell trucks

Michelin grows earnings in “unstable” first-half trading conditions
Added: 26 Jul 2024
Improvement in product 'mix' offsets negative impacts including high levels of Asian tire imports..…

ESA leader foresees closer global alliance of sealing trade bodies
Added: 26 Jul 2024
European Sealing Association chairman John Morton addresses challenges facing seals manufacturers i…

Pirelli to process only FSC-rubber at plants in Europe
Added: 26 Jul 2024
Transition to certified natural rubber has already started and will gradually roll out to all the f…

Celanese advances bio-based TPE for foamed footwear
Added: 26 Jul 2024
Minimum 20% bio-content material produced using 'physical supercritical fluid' foaming process...

Ceat expects further price hikes as Indian natural rubber soars
Added: 26 Jul 2024
Indian tire maker says NR prices have reached 13-year high in the country